diff --git a/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-intro.xml b/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-intro.xml
index d38d61a820..f16db3f0f2 100644
--- a/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-intro.xml
+++ b/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-intro.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
      EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks tools-profile dbg-pkgs"
             </literallayout>
             Additionally, in order to generate the right type of
-            debuginfo, we also need to add the following to local.conf:
+            debuginfo, we also need to set
+            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE'><filename>PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE</filename></ulink>
+            in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file:
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE = 'debug-file-directory'
             </literallayout>
diff --git a/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-usage.xml b/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-usage.xml
index c0873e13ab..a1b565157d 100644
--- a/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-usage.xml
+++ b/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-usage.xml
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@
      EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks tools-profile dbg-pkgs"
                 </literallayout>
                 Additionally, in order to generate the type of debuginfo that
-                perf understands, we also need to add the following to local.conf:
+                perf understands, we also need to set
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE'><filename>PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE</filename></ulink>
+                in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE = 'debug-file-directory'
                 </literallayout>